Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Ha Long – Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam 11 Days Itinerary

• Upon your arrival in Hanoi airport, our professional and friendly driver will pick you up and transfer to the hotel. You will have time to rest after a long flight duration.
• At 6:00 pm, our tour guide and driver will pick you up for dinner. Then we will guide you to Thang Long Water Puppet performance to enjoy an intangible cultural heritage show of Vietnam. At this show, our guide will talk informatively about the history and facts of the show for you to learn about our cultural pride in North Vietnam.

Note: The itinerary and attractions for this day will be determined by your airport arrival time.

• At 8:30am, our guide and driver will be ready to pick you up at your hotel for Ninh Binh Trip. You will enjoy the scenery landscapes on the way from Hanoi to Ninh Binh.
• At 10:30 am, you will arrive Ninh Binh. The first place which our tour will guide you is Hoa Lu Ancient Royal Capital of Vietnam. This is one of the famous attractions must visit in Ninh Binh to discover rich history and culture of Northern Vietnam. At this destination, you will learn about our history of Dinh, Le, and Ly dynasties which ruled the country in the past. Additionally, you also will discover the meticulous architecture designs of all temples here. After that, we will visit Tam Coc which is 10km away from Hoa Lu.
• At 12:00pm, you will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. Dedicated local cuisines will be served for your trip. After lunch, you continue get on a bamboo boat trip to visit Tam Coc. The boat will be rowled by local people. On the way, you will pass to visit some majestic kart caves. It take approximately 2 hours to visit Tam Coc, you witness local fisherfolk, village life along the river and, of course, the striking limestone karst formations.
• If you would like to visit around Ninh Binh by bicycle, its totally a perfect idea. You will have an hour to bike around some villages, karst caves, and natural landscapes.
• At 16:00pm, our driver will take you back to Hanoi capital to enjoy the evening at our capital.
• At 18:30pm, we arrive Hanoi and have a leisure evening after a long day trip.

• 8:00am – 9:00am: This is the duration to pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi for departure to Ha Long Bay trip. We will send you exact pick-up time when the date approaches.
• 11:30 am – 12:00pm: You will arrive Ha Long Bay and its time to check-in the cruise. You will be welcome with a greeting drink from our cruise staffs. The crew will conduct  compulsory safe procedures to you. After that, you are free to check-in and freshen up. You can spend your time to look around the vessel or majestic nature landscapes.
• 13:15 pm: A special lunch with local dedicated cuisines and seafoods will be serve for your trip to Ha Long Bay. We will depart the sail for Lan Ha Bay, passing Da Chong islet where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 years ago.
• 15:00pm: We are about finish lunch and the cruise completes the trip to Lan Ha Bay area which consists many limestone karst landscapes. At this place, our guidests can enjoy to explore Lan Ha Bay by kayaking and swimming with crystal clear waters of the bay.
• 17:00pm: Its time to be back the main boat and starting to enjoy overnight on cruise.
• 17:30pm: You continue to join Sunset party on cruise. Fruits, light foods, cocktails, soft music will be a great deal for spending quality time together on cruise. After a long day sightseeing, a a time to make friends with others on cruise will be memorable.
• 19:15 pm: Its time for a special dinner on cruise.
• 19:45 pm – 12:00 am: Its your free time on cruise. Our bar is openning until mid-night so you might tend to enjoy a cocktail with others to chat about life or your trip in Vietnam. In addition, you can also freely to discover some activities at night such as squid fishing, watching a documentary movie or simply relax on the rooftop bar of the cruise.

• 6:30am: This is a perfect time in the morning at Ha Long Bay, you will watch the sunrise and participate taichi sessions from the cruise activity for guests. You also can have a fresh morning with a cup of tea, coffee or fruit juice and enjoy the miraculous scenery in the bay.
• 7:00am: A light breakfast will be served at our restaurant on cruise.
• 7:45am – 9:00am: It’s a sightseeing time at Dark and Bright caves in Ha Long Bay. We will visit these caves by local boats. The landscape is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage. After visiting, we will back to the main boat.
• 9:30am: Its time to check-out your cabins and you are about arriving the mainland soon.
• 10:15am: Cooking class course is opened for guests con cruise to participate. The chef will teach you how to make spring rolls.
• 10:45am: Having lunch on cruise before arriving the mainland.
• 11:45am: Your cruise will arrive to the wharf where you will be met by your return trip vehicle to transfer you to Hanoi.
• 12:10pm: Our driver will pick you up from Ha Long Bay back to Hanoi capital. You will arrive the capital at 15:00pm.

It is a free day to explore Hanoi on your own. You might choose to visit some attractions in Hanoi which are not in our itinerary. The team from Explore Vietnam can share you some travel tips while you stay at our capital. You can walk around the old quarter or renting a motorbike to explore full-day sightseeing.

• Its time to enjoy your breakfast at the hotel of Hanoi.
• After that, we will transfer you to the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi for your flight. It depends on your domestic flight schedule, we will pick you up on time for flight departure.
• As you expect to arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport Ho Chi Minh city, our driver will wait you at the airport with the greetings sign. We will transfer you to the hotel safety in Ho Chi Minh City to stay overnight there.

• At 9:00am, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel for sightseeing activity one day in Ho Chi Minh city.

The following sights we will delve to explore:

• We will visit Ho Chi Minh City Hall and Nguyen Hue Walking Street. The hall built from 1902 – 1908 follow french architecture. Coming here we will explore the historical facts of Ho Chi Minh beside walking to discover Nguyen Hue street where locals are usually gathering.
• Next, we continute to visit Coffee Apartment. We will have opportunity to try different types of Vietnamese coffee. Our local guide will introduce you the history of coffee in Vietnam.
• Then, we will visit an eyes-catching Pink Church in Ho Chi Minh city. The popular pink color cover outside and inside of this church make it uniquely. The highlight of Roman archirectures have impressed many visitors. In addition, discovering Catholic and Christian religion is also interesting in Southern Vietnam.
• Discover French Post Office and Notre Dame Cathedral which are two famous attractions you shouldn’t miss out. The architectures are impressive to worldwide visitors. These iconic tourist attractions of Ho Chi Minh city are interesting to discover historical values and traditional customs. Our guide will share his passionate knowledge about Saigon to you.
• Around 12:30pm, we will have lunch time to enjoy the local dedicated cuisines
• After lunch, we continue to guide you visit China Town to explore the history of Chinese influences in Vietnam, discover different temples and join shopping in some souvenir stores.

15:00pm: Return to your hotel and take rest.

• 8:00am: Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel to transfer to My Tho city where you will take a motorboat at a pier and cruise on Mekong river. You will have an opportunity to see floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house.
• Then, our trip continue to visit Unicorn Island (Con Thai Son). At this place, we will enjoy Vietnamese traditional music (In Vietnamese is Đờn Ca Tài Tử which is a fork art from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as a Intangible Cultural Heritage Humanity), and seasonal tropical fruits will be served for you to taste.
• After that, our trip will guide you on a small hand rowing boat which is the main transportation in My Tho and Ben Tre. The boat will slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees.
• Before lunch, we will visit bee-keeping farm and enjoy honey tea. You definitely do not wanna miss out this activity.
• 12:30pm: Its time for lunch and you can go for a short walk after to relax.
• After lunch and short walk, you will come back to the motorboat to cruise visit coconut candy farm. Here you will learn the process of making coconut candies from a workshop. At this place, you also have an opportunity to taste different types of candies.
• 15:00am: The trip sightseeing around Mekong Delta is finished. You will be back the car/van/bus transfer to Ho Chi Minh city.

It’s your full day of sightseeing on your own. You can choose some destinations which you want to go in Ho Chi Minh city. Our guide has knowledge about the city so you might ask him/her recommendations. There are many things to do in this bustling city. You will enjoy your free day ulmost.

• 18:30pm: Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Indochina Junk Cruise. At this place, you will enjoy dinner and the view of Saigon night life.
• 21:30pm: We will transfer you back to the hotel for rest and stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

• Having breakfast at the hotel.
• Depending on your flight schedule, we will pick you up on time for home departure flight. We will pick you up to drop off at Tan Son Nhat International airport on time. The itinerary of your vacation in Vietnam ends.